About Barry Shea, MD
Dr. Shea received his undergraduate degree in chemistry from Dartmouth College and his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine. He completed his internal medicine residency at New York-Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Cornell Medical Center and his pulmonary and critical care medicine fellowship at the Harvard Combined Program. He then completed a postdoctoral fellowship studying the biology of lung fibrosis before becoming a faculty member in the MGH Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division. Dr. Shea then joined the faculty at Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital (RIH), where he established and led the Brown-RIH Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) Program, before returning to MGH in 2021. Dr. Shea’s career has been focused on caring for individuals afflicted with ILDs and conducting basic, clinical, and translational research in the field of pulmonary fibrosis. He has received NIH funding for his research and has served as site principal investigator for numerous clinical trials in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
Clinical Interests:
- Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)
- Interstitial lung disease
- Pulmonary Fibrosis
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Mass General Pulmonary & Critical Care
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-1721
Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center
52 Second Ave.
Waltham, MA 02451
Phone: 617-726-1721
Medical Education
- MD, Tufts University School of Medicine
- Residency, NewYork-Presbyterian/ Weill Cornell Medical Center
- Fellowship, Cornell University College of Medicine
- Fellowship, Harvard (MGH, BWH, BIDMC)
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Maine Community Health Options
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid RI
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Research
Dr. Shea?s research focus is exploring the mechanisms that lead to lung fibrosis and exploring new treatments for this disease process. His research has included basic science, translational, and clinical investigations, and he has received NIH funding for his work. He is currently exploring the use of a novel molecular imaging technique to assess the extent of ongoing lung injury in pulmonary fibrosis, and he is an investigator for several industry-sponsored clinical trials in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and other fibrotic lung diseases.
All went well
Dr. Shea is most respectful of time, information, and advice. A wonderful clinician!
Dr Shea was well prepared knowing my health history and he looked at the CD he had been provided. He explained things so that we understood everything.
Dr Shea was very thorough and took time to explain everything to me. He asked a lot of questions and listened carefully to my answers. He made me feel heard, and instilled confidence in me. He is very knowledgeable and I trust him to provide me with the best Healthcare available.
Exemplary provider
When I see Dr. Shea, he knows who I am, he remembers my history and our plan, and I feel welcome and like I'm visiting with a friend. I think he's exceptional.
Dr. Barry Shea is a true gem. I'm sure he has a huge workload, yet he knew my medical history and had clearly reviewed my CT scan in great detail. He patiently answered my questions and responded in a way that was easy to understand. Thank you Dr. Shea!
Dr Shea took an amazing amount of time to explain what ILD was, what the tests would be looking for and how he will follow up with me. I learned a lot meeting with him.
I wish all my medical office experiences were as good as this one.
He is exceptional always explains everything so I can understand it and very thorough and kind